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Essential Mountaineering Families Read

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow

by Maria Coffey

Publisher: Griffin Publishing

Paperback ISBN: 9780312339012 1 Apr 2005 210 x 140 (mm)

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Drawing on interviews with many leading mountaineers or their survivors, Coffey goes beyond the typical climbing book to question the reasons why climbers risk their lives. The result is a powerful, affecting book that strips the romance from adventure and returns it to the human realm.

This compelling exploration gives voice to the parents, spouses, children, and partners of climbers who until now have maintained their code of silence. Interviewees include Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs and others.